diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 235f6b3f4c1..b9e01c16309 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0
 	github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo v0.6.2
 	github.com/moby/sys/user v0.1.0
-	github.com/mrunalp/fileutils v0.5.0
+	github.com/mrunalp/fileutils v0.5.1
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.1.1-0.20230823135140-4fec88fd00a4
 	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.0
 	github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang v0.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ff43962d6f1..121c0c7f5f8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ github.com/moby/sys/user v0.1.0 h1:WmZ93f5Ux6het5iituh9x2zAG7NFY9Aqi49jjE1PaQg=
 github.com/moby/sys/user v0.1.0/go.mod h1:fKJhFOnsCN6xZ5gSfbM6zaHGgDJMrqt9/reuj4T7MmU=
 github.com/mrunalp/fileutils v0.5.0 h1:NKzVxiH7eSk+OQ4M+ZYW1K6h27RUV3MI6NUTsHhU6Z4=
 github.com/mrunalp/fileutils v0.5.0/go.mod h1:M1WthSahJixYnrXQl/DFQuteStB1weuxD2QJNHXfbSQ=
+github.com/mrunalp/fileutils v0.5.1 h1:F+S7ZlNKnrwHfSwdlgNSkKo67ReVf8o9fel6C3dkm/Q=
+github.com/mrunalp/fileutils v0.5.1/go.mod h1:M1WthSahJixYnrXQl/DFQuteStB1weuxD2QJNHXfbSQ=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.1.1-0.20230823135140-4fec88fd00a4 h1:EctkgBjZ1y4q+sibyuuIgiKpa0QSd2elFtSSdNvBVow=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.1.1-0.20230823135140-4fec88fd00a4/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.0 h1:+5Zbo97w3Lbmb3PeqQtpmTkMwsW5nRI3YaLpt7tQ7oU=